The Russian city of St. Petersburg receives a new status of the Cultural Capital of the Commonwealth this year. The city authorities have compiled a list of upcoming events and sent it to the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture and the MFGS, the CIS Executive Committee website says.
A resident of the city of Bayramaly handed over a rare gold coin to the fund of the Mary Museum of Local Lore in Turkmenistan.
Russia and Iran have officially signed an agreement to connect their interbank payment systems. Iran's Shahr Bank and Russia's VTB Bank will lead a project to connect 158 banks and facilitate payments, investments and other joint projects, including transport.
Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat on Wednesday, Ambassador of the Republic to Turkmenistan Togan Oral said on social networks.
A native of Turkmenistan, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, together with colleagues from the crew of the forthcoming ISS-69 expedition - Nikolai Chub and Loral O'Hara - underwent training to work with the Soyuz MS spacecraft. The four-hour test "covered" all stages and modes of space flight, as well as a series of emergency situations.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to allocate a million dollars for emergency assistance to Turkey, which suffered as a result of devastating earthquakes, Tengrinews reports with reference to the press service of the head of state.
Uzbekistan sent 20 modern Volkswagen Caddy ambulances to Turkmenistan in honor of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
From February 9 to 18, representatives of the shooting team of Turkmenistan will take part in a training camp and an educational seminar in Kuwait. The Asian Shooting Confederation is the organizer of the sporting events.
Turkmen athletes will represent the country in three disciplines - figure skating, short track and snow volleyball at the II Winter International Sports Games "Children of Asia", which will be held from February 23 to March 5 in the Kemerovo region (Russia).
The works of famous Broadway musicals will be performed in Ashgabat by American artists Kate Bass and Aaron Young. They will sing to the musical accompaniment of the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rasul Klychev.
The fifth multilateral meeting of the secretaries of the security councils and national security advisers on Afghanistan will be held in Moscow on Wednesday. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the apparatus of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
It was noted with satisfaction that over the past years after this historic event, interstate relations have been developed and strengthened in all areas on the basis of good neighborliness, friendship and mutual understanding. The National Leader of the Turkmen people noted with satisfaction that the relations between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which are striving for progress and development, are constantly being enriched with new meaning.
The "Digital Campus" project, launched by the public organization "Yenme", accepted the first "students" - 60 young people started classes in training classes in English and computer literacy.
The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent his heartfelt congratulations to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
I sincerely congratulate you on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and express my best wishes. Good-neighborly and cooperative relations between our countries serve as an important foundation for the well-being and development of our kindred peoples who have lived in peace and harmony for centuries and have common roots, as well as peace and stability in the region.
